Baltic Romani

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Baltic Romani
Native to	Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Russia, Estonia, Finland
Native speakers	unknown (undated figure of 50,000)^[1]
Language family	Indo-European Indo-Iranian Indo-Aryan Central Zone Romani Northern Romani Baltic Romani
Language codes
ISO 639-3	Either: `rml` – Baltic Romani `rmf` – Finnish Kalo

Baltic Romani is group of dialects of the Romani language spoken in the Baltic states and adjoining regions of Poland and Russia. Half of the speakers live in Poland.

Dialects

Dialects are as follows ('CL' stands for the main contact language):

Čuxny Romani in Estonia (CL: Estonian, Russian)
Finnish Romani (Finnish Kalo, Fíntika Rómma) (CL: Finnish)
Latvian Romani (Lotfika) in Latvia and Russia
Lithuanian Romani in Lithuanian and Baltic Russia
North Russian Romani (Xaladitka) in Baltic Russia, spoken by the Ruska Roma
Polska Romani in Poland (CL: Polish)

References

↑ Baltic Romani reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)
Finnish Kalo reference at Ethnologue (17th ed., 2013)

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